ArtwordBlog

TH&B, “Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo”, is a now-defunct railway based in Hamilton that operated from 1894 to 1987. (Check out the Wikipedia entry.) A collective of artists from Toronto and Hamilton (I don’t believe that Buffalo is represented yet, but what a good idea!) has appropriated the name. They claim to have “an affinity for setting up exhibitions in unlikely places“. Their latest project is a group show in the cavernous industrial environment at 270 Sherman St. More »

What was the Rowers Pub has spruced itself up and is now the Harbord House. The monthly reading series, which rashly named itself after its venue, has kept the old name – Rowers Pub Reading Series. It takes over the upstairs room on the first Wednesday of each month. More »

Andrew Burashko’s Art of Time Ensemble concerts are more than mere concerts. They are explorations into the cross-connections, and contrasts, between different artists and different art forms. You are asked not only to listen, but to consider and compare. The choices of repertoire are unusual and wide-ranging, and the musicianship is superb. They have some of the spirit of the programs Glenn Gould used to do on the CBC, or Leonard Bernstein’s children’s concerts – music to think about. More »